Performance of prototype hard X-ray polarimeter utilizing compton scattering

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 45, Issue 1 A, 2006, Pages 274-278

  Suzuki, Toshiji ^a   Gunji, Shuichi ^a   Nakajima, Ryo ^a   Yamashita, Yuichiro ^a   Suzuki, Kazufumi ^a   Sakurai, Hirohisa ^a   Tokanai, Fuyuki ^a   Takashima, Ken ^b   Kobayashi, Yoshihito ^b   Tamura, Kenichi ^b   Kishimoto, Shunji ^c  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astronomy; Hard X ray; MAPMT; Polarimetry; Sointillator

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHOSPHORS; X RAYS;

HARD X-RAYS; MULTIANODE PHOTOMUTIPLIER (MAPMT); PROTOTYPE POLARIMETERS; STELLAR OBJECTS;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 31544434906     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.45.274     Document Type: Article

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